New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-26
ruE LOUIS ENCAMPMENT.
.vyr 10000 GRAND ARMY MEN EXPECTED.
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tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l
CT Iorts. Sept. 25.-The veterans are coming
N town by the thousand to attcnu .iio %UH
..camnmcnt Already there arc 10000 ohloh'
ladders quartered in hotels and poaroine hou'e''
"a NV Tuesday morning it is expected that there
', 10 from 900 to 10000 to join the ranks
,be annual march. Sangulne Orahd A1lhy
ss.,.,sma)xc higher estimates than these but their
~--..osts arc evidently inspired by enthusiasm IL
fa IN conclude, however, that the IreSehV
.ncampment will be the largest and most suo'c''-
-, ~ the twenty-one that have been held sihcc
~. ,ar The local preparations for the entertain
-. of the soldiers have been made on large
~ Over 1000 tents in ten OF the city parks
"a sonarcs offer accommodations Tor 3,Ooo SOL
.,o,s The police are now acting as sen.ric'
sut nv tomorrow night the soldiers themselves
.u ~ in comp Reveille will be sounded at
.ur,;se by corps of buglers and an attempt VIII
M made 10 revive recollectons of military routine
:. noon and at night without rendering the dis-
tiplne irksome' 49,; ,,,;,o;n
tented fell to-day whether they expected to ENJOY
this brief experience OF camp service III e'@i'
instance the veterans shook their heads and eS-
claimed that fhey were too old and rheumatic 10
lind pleasure in playing soldier I'VE would al
they said. "prefer to be comfortably lodSeo III
The hotels but there are thousands OF us who are
~. ,oor IN come to the encampment unless we
are provided for in this way" Certainly every
,hno has been done by the railroad corporations
and tho local posts and committees to reduce the
.xmuses of visiting soldiers TO the lowest point
comn arcs will not be lighted in the parks. but
mess tables will be spread elsewhere and whole
come food provided at small cost. Although
the tents have not yet been occupied, these great
camps have attractd thousands of visitors TO-DAY.
When the veterans from Kansas, Illinois, ana ao-
,acent States march in tomorrow there Will be q
lveler spectacle.
UNDERcURRENT OF DIscoNTENT.
But Il would be serious mistake to suppose
that light hearts will btat under those canvass
roofs No one can mingle freely among the
soldiers here without finding out that hundrcos
Of them are discontinued with their lot Inc
Grand Army is made up mainly OF men VINO "ero
privates in the ranks. Those who have most 10
say at the national encampments were oHcers'
They are well-todO in the main, and are iuxur'-
ously lodged and fed at the expensive hotels. The
poor private who slips under canvass in the PARK
complains not only of an ungenerous country put
ct encampments about their dignity and refuse to
eeeond his demand for service pension This is
the undertonc that one hears in conversation with
the less prosperous members of the Grand Army.
The arrangements for Illuminating the prlnclpal
streets on four evenings of this week are most
elaborate and asplcndid display is promised Eght
miles of streets are to be lighted with continuous
lines and arches of gas Jets of various coiors'
There are to be no breaks in the lines of simmer
ing fire, systematic effort having been made W
have every block Illuminated. In many places
graceful arches of gas Jets are to span the stree.
and in front of every store there are clusters anu
pvsamids of co,oied globes. Then, too. there are
half a dozen triumphal arches one of them ex-
ceedingly well designed and massive in effect.
The local committees have had 100000 to expend
and they will furnish the city with magninceho
spectacle after nightfall By daylight the ehect
is somewhat disappointing, the bunting used In
decorating the buildings hanging stiy against the
walls and no banners or devices of any kind neihg
allowed TO swing across the streets. This was a
necessary precaution in view of the myr1ads Oh
gas Jets faring above the outer line Of the side
walks The municipal authorities have issued
rigorous orders against decorations which would
0utter above and around the gas jcts and have
prohibited banners of every sort.
1HE WHEELING EPISODE IMPOSSIBLE
The Mayor in this way has prevented any repeti-
ton of the Wheeling episode for the police have
instructions to remove any banner, whether d
portrait of the President or Grand Army streamer
that may be swung across the street. The soldiers
are not to be annoyed by insulting devices or
partisan tricks when they parade on Tuesday.
1hc.e are to be no displays of offensive partisan
ship. Indeed there is a general agreement among
citizens that the events Of this week and those
OF the following week are not to be regarded as a
combination entertainments but separate shows
having no connection with each other The soldiers
will come first with their "reminiscences OF patrl-
otic sacrifices. The President will come afterward,
swinging round the circle in all the dignity Of his
Office. Owing 10 the absence OF General Fairchid,
who is expected tomorrow, the National Head
quarters have not been formally opened. Much
quiet canvassing is going on for the election OF a
new Commander chief General Slocum being the
candidate of the eastern men and General d. p.
Crier, OF St. Louis. and Major Warner. OF Kansas
City, dividing the Western forces. A movement In
favor of electing General Sherman, who arrived
yesterday, received no encouragement from him.
General Sheridan is also here, and with him are
hundreds of distinguished Union soldiers A
dozen or more OF the war Governors are expected
tomorrow. All forecasts respecting the action OF
the cncampment are premature in the absence OF
leading men of the organization. AS nearly every
Tcst has voted on the Grand Army Pension bill
and as the President has been censured by many OF
the posts for his vetoes, it is toerably certain
that both the bill and his relations to the soldiers
will be discussed. The veterans will not 20 out
OF the way condemn the President, but If il be-
comes necessary to speak plainly they will do So